"The Boston Strangler (film) The Boston Strangler is a 1968 American neo-noir film loosely based on the true story of the Boston Strangler and the book by Gerold Frank. It was directed by Richard Fleischer, and stars Tony Curtis as Albert DeSalvo, the strangler, and Henry Fonda as John S. Bottomly, the chief detective who came to fame for obtaining DeSalvo's confession. Curtis was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance. The cast also featured George Kennedy and the film debut of Sally Kellerman. After three murders of elderly women, with all victims being strangled and penetrated with"
"Darling and Holly Woodlawn. Curtis' work was influenced by the Playhouse of the Ridiculous, a resident company at La MaMa. As writer and lead actress, her plays included ""Glamour, Glory and Gold"", which also starred Darling, Melba LaRose, Jr., and Robert De Niro in his first appearance on stage, playing several roles; ""Vain Victory"", with Darling and Mario Montez; ""Amerika Cleopatra"" featuring Harvey Fierstein; ""Femme Fatale"", with Patti Smith, Jayne County and Penny Arcade; and ""Heaven Grand in Amber Orbit"" with Woodlawn. While writing plays, Curtis continued to act. She reprised her role as Ptolemy II in a 1966 production"
"in artists and models who do not conform to typical standards of idealised beauty. Most of Curtis's appearances were in minor roles in British television series. He played the part of Matt Beckett in the TV police drama ""Cribb"" (1980–81) and Ted in the TV adaptation of J.B. Priestley's ""Lost Empires"" (1986). His cinema roles included an appearance in David Lynch's 1980 film ""The Elephant Man"" in which he played the part of a milkman. He was best known for a small part in the 1977 space opera film ""Star Wars"", in which he played the role of Dr. Evazan,"
"praised him for his ""towering performance"" as real-life Gisborne speed chess player and coach Genesis Potini, who died in 2011. Curtis studied chess and deliberately put on weight for the role. Curtis has appeared in the films Martin Scorsese's ""Bringing Out the Dead"" (1999), ""Three Kings"" (1999), the drug drama ""Blow"" (2001) with Johnny Depp, ""Training Day"" (2001), ""Collateral Damage"" (2002), ""Live Free or Die Hard"" (2007), ""Sunshine"" (2007), ""Push"" (2009), and ""Colombiana"" (2011). In M. Night Shyamalan's ""The Last Airbender"" (2010), he played the main villain, Fire Lord Ozai. Curtis portrayed Lt. Cortez in the film ""Last Knights"" (2015)"
"branch out. He made two films immediately after the series ended: ""Crossplot"" (1969), a lightweight 'spy caper' movie, and the more challenging ""The Man Who Haunted Himself"" (1970). Directed by Basil Dearden, it gave Moore the opportunity to demonstrate a wider versatility than the role of Simon Templar had allowed. In 2004, Moore said of ""The Man Who Haunted Himself"": ""It was one of the few times I was allowed to act... Many say my best role was in ""The Man Who Haunted Himself"". Being a modest actor, I won't disagree."" Lew Grade lured Moore to star alongside Tony Curtis"
"from the swamp, he has managed the transition with such skill that sympathy is completely with him."" The basis of ""The Defiant Ones"" was revisited several times in popular media: The Defiant Ones The Defiant Ones is a 1958 crime film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive. It stars Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier. The film was adapted by Harold Jacob Smith from the story by Nedrick Young, originally credited as Nathan E. Douglas. It was directed by Stanley Kramer. The"
"Don't Make Waves Don't Make Waves is a 1967 American sex farce (with elements of the beach party genre) starring Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Dave Draper and Sharon Tate. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film was directed by Alexander Mackendrick and is based on the 1959 novel ""Muscle Beach"", by Ira Wallach, who also wrote the screenplay. The film depicts a series of romantic triangles between different groupings of the principal cast and supporting players among several backdrops involving Southern California culture (swimming pools, bodybuilding, beach life, fantastic real estate, mudslides, metaphysical gurus, etc.). Carlo Cofield, a tourist visiting California's west"
"(1978) and starred in ""The Manitou"" (1978), a horror film, and ""The Bad News Bears Go to Japan"" (1978), a comedy. He had good roles in ""It Rained All Night the Day I Left"" (1980), ""Little Miss Marker"" (1980) and ""The Scarlett O'Hara War"" (1980) and was one of many stars in ""The Mirror Crack'd"" (1980). Throughout his life, Curtis enjoyed painting and, since the early 1980s, painted as a second career. His work commands more than $25,000 a canvas now. In the last years of his life, he concentrated on painting rather than movies. A surrealist, Curtis claimed Van"
"home to the Bronx as a failure: I was a million-to-one shot, the ""least"" likely to succeed. I wasn't low man on the totem pole, I was ""under"" the totem pole, in a sewer, tied to a sack. Curtis's uncredited screen debut came in ""Criss Cross"" (1949) playing a rumba dancer, dancing with Yvonne de Carlo. The male star was Burt Lancaster who would make a number of films with Curtis. In his second film, ""City Across the River"" (also in 1949), he was credited as ""Anthony Curtis"". He had four lines in ""The Lady Gambles"" (1949) and a bigger"
"The Defiant Ones The Defiant Ones is a 1958 crime film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive. It stars Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier. The film was adapted by Harold Jacob Smith from the story by Nedrick Young, originally credited as Nathan E. Douglas. It was directed by Stanley Kramer. The film was highly regarded at the time of its release; it won Academy Awards for Cinematography (Black-and-White) and Original Screenplay and was nominated for seven others, including Best Picture and"
"these years. Curtis took credit for the inception of ""Operation Petticoat"". He had joined the U.S. Navy during World War II with the intent of entering the submarine service in part because his hero, Cary Grant, had appeared in ""Destination Tokyo"" (1943). After he became a star, Curtis suggested making a film in which Grant would stare into a periscope as he did in ""Destination Tokyo"". Curtis very much enjoyed working with Grant. Former Universal-International contract star Jeff Chandler was originally set to have played Matt Sherman, but pulled out to film ""The Jayhawkers"" (1959) instead. Tina Louise turned down"
"Toronto.Palance was injured while filming a stunt. The budget was approximately $900,000. ABC paid for approximately half this. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968 film) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1968 Canadian-American TV film based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was directed by Charles Jarrott, produced by Dan Curtis and written by Ian McLellan Hunter. It was one of a series of adaptations of famous novels done by ABC. Dan Curtis decided to make a film of ""Jekyll and Hyde"". Rod Serling wrote a draft of the"
"in Town"" (1965), ""A Very Special Favor"" (1965), ""That Funny Feeling"", (1965), ""The Great Bank Robbery"" (1969), ""Airport 1975"" (1974), ""The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington"" (1977), ""Record City"" (1978), ""S.O.B"" (1981), ""Fake-Out"" (1982), ""Sweet Sixteen"" (1983) and ""A Fine Mess"" (1986), as well as the cult sci-fi films ""The Monitors"" (1969) and ""Without Warning"" (1980). Tony Curtis and Storch reunited for a 2003 run of the musical version of ""Some Like It Hot"". In 2005, he worked with Anthony Michael Hall in ""Funny Valentine"" (2005), and appeared in the documentary feature ""The Aristocrats"" (2005). After success in television and"
"such as ""Once an Eagle"" and ""79 Park Avenue"". From 1974 to 1976, Salmi co-starred in the NBC legal drama, ""Petrocelli"" as local investigator Pete Ritter. A high point of Salmi's career came in 1968, when he was cast in the Arthur Miller play ""The Price"". He played the lead on Broadway and in London. His film career included roles in ""The Unforgiven"" (1960), ""The Outrage"" (1964), ""Lawman"" (1971), ""Escape from the Planet of the Apes"" (1971), ""Viva Knievel!"" (1977), ""Empire of the Ants"" (1977), ""Love and Bullets"" (1979), ""Caddyshack"" (1980), and the Robert Redford prison film ""Brubaker"" (1980). He"
"popular was ""Operation Petticoat"" (1959), a military comedy which Curtis made for Edwards alongside Cary Grant. Curtis and Leigh made one more film together ""Who Was That Lady?"" (1960), a comedy with Dean Martin. He and Debbie Reynolds then starred in the romantic comedy ""The Rat Race"" (1960). Douglas came calling again, offering Curtis a key role in the former's epic production ""Spartacus"" (1960). It was a huge hit and earned Curtis a Golden Globe nomination. Curtis then made his first movies in a while without a significant ""name"" co star. Both were biopics: ""The Great Impostor"" (1961), directed by"
"by exhibitors in an annual poll from Quigley Publishing as among the top stars in the United States: Tony Curtis Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades but who achieved the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances. Although his early film roles mainly took advantage of his good looks, by the latter half"
"parts he acted in a string of mediocre films, including swashbucklers, westerns, light comedies, sports films and a musical. However, by the time he starred in ""Houdini"" (1953) with his wife Janet Leigh, ""his first clear success,"" notes critic David Thomson, his acting had progressed immensely. He achieved his first serious recognition as a dramatic actor in ""Sweet Smell of Success"" (1957) with co-star Burt Lancaster. The following year he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in ""The Defiant Ones"" (1958) alongside Sidney Poitier (who was also nominated in the same category). Curtis then gave what could arguably"
"the real-life experiences of Haywood T. Kirkland (aka Ari S. Merretazon), whose true story was detailed in the book ""Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans "" by Wallace Terry. Certain characters from the film are based on real acquaintances of Kirkland, who served time in prison after committing robbery in facepaint. The film also is loosely based on several incidents involving the Black Liberation Army notably the Brink's armored truck robbery. In the spring of 1969, Anthony Curtis (Larenz Tate) is about to graduate from high school, and decides to enlist in the U.S. Marine"
"for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film. He also appeared in the music video for The Go-Go's song, ""Turn to You."" His breakthrough role was his big screen debut in 1983, when he and Emilio Estevez were cast in Francis Ford Coppola's ""The Outsiders"". Lowe played the role of Sodapop Curtis, the brother of the main character Ponyboy Curtis (C. Thomas Howell) and Darrel Curtis (Patrick Swayze). Lowe and Estevez reunited in ""St. Elmo's Fire"", making them the two more prominent actors from the group known as the Brat Pack. ""About Last Night..."" followed, with Demi"
"Joseph Gallison Joseph Gallison (born March 9, 1935) is an American actor who worked on television soap operas for twenty-seven years. He is probably best known for his role as Dr. Neil Curtis on ""Days of Our Lives"" (1974-1991). A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Gallison attended Northeastern University. Gallison is well known for playing the character of William (Bill) Matthews, Jr., on ""Another World"" (1964-1969). Other soap opera roles have included Tom Edwards on ""One Life to Live"" (1969-1971) and Steven Cord on ""Return to Peyton Place"" (1972-1974). Gallison's longest-running role was as Dr. Neil Curtis on ""Days of Our"
"The Great Impostor The Great Impostor is a 1961 movie based on the true story of an impostor named Ferdinand Waldo Demara. The film is loosely based on Robert Crichton's 1959 biography of the same name, it stars Tony Curtis in the title role, and was directed by Robert Mulligan. The film only loosely follows Demara's real-life exploits, and is much lighter in tone than the book on which it is based. As he is arrested by the Coast Guard on an island in New England, a man born as Ferdinand Waldo Demara but known by many other identities recalls"
"Tony Curtis Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades but who achieved the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances. Although his early film roles mainly took advantage of his good looks, by the latter half of the 1950s he had demonstrated range and depth in numerous dramatic and comedy roles. In his earliest"
"& Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Curtis' last acting role was as the aging cattle rancher ""Seaborn Tay"" in the television production ""Conagher"" (1991), by western author Louis L'Amour. Sam Elliott starred in the lead role, and Curtis' ""Gunsmoke"" co-star Buck Taylor (Newly O'Brien) played a bad man in the same film. Buck Taylor's father, Dub Taylor, had a minor role in it. He joined the ""Gunsmoke"" cast in 1967, superseding the previous deputy, Thaddeus ""Thad"" Greenwood, played by Roger Ewing. Curtis married Torrie Connelly in 1966. They were married until his death in 1991 and he had"
"and unable to conduct his own affairs. He must trust Lee to do the right thing, and soon they're finally spending their first night together. No Room for the Groom No Room for the Groom is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don DeFore and Spring Byington. The screenplay is based on the novel ""My True Love"" by Darwin Teilhet. Vineyard owner Alvah Morrell and his girl Lee Kingshead elope to Las Vegas before he must return to active military duty. They are unable to have a honeymoon because Alvah comes"
"and ""Richie Rich's Christmas Wish"". Curtis was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Curtis' theatrical career began in 1955 as a Broadway stage manager. His first appearance as a performer was in a 1965 revival of ""You Can't Take It with You"". In 1971, he was awarded the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for ""The Rothschilds"". Additional Broadway credits included ""The Cherry Orchard"", ""A Patriot for Me"", ""Via Galactica"", ""Annie"", Night Watch (played Curtis Appleby in 1972 production) and ""La Cage aux Folles"". Curtis had a recurring role playing John Allen"
"Adamant Lives!"" (1967), ""Jason King"" (1972), ""The Sweeney"" (1975), ""Blake's 7"" (1978), ""Minder"" (1984) and in the ""Doctor Who"" serial ""The Greatest Show in the Galaxy"" (1989). He played Richmond in the Thames Television series ""Callan"" (1972) and made ten appearances in ""Crown Court"" (1974–1982), mainly as barrister Patrick Canty, while also appearing in the popular ATV anthology drama series ""Love Story"" (1965-1968). He also featured prominently in other television dramas including ""The Duchess of Malfi"" (1972), ""Napoleon and Love"" (1974),""The Changeling"" (1974), ""Fathers and Families (1977)"", ""Holocaust"" (1978), ""The Manions of America"" (1981), ""To the Lighthouse"" (1983), ""The Scarlet"
"an empty casket was carried along the packed streets of the popular Rione Sanità quarter where he was born. Totò starred in 97 films: Totò Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò () or simply as Antonio De Curtis, and nicknamed ""il Principe della risata"" (""the Prince of laughter""), is commonly referred to as the most popular Italian comedian of all time. He was a film and stage actor as well as a writer, singer and songwriter. He is best"
"performance as an evil prison warden in 1974's ""The Longest Yard"". In a lighter vein, Albert portrayed the gruff though soft-hearted Jason O'Day in the successful Disney film ""Escape to Witch Mountain"" in 1975. Albert appeared in such 1980s films as ""How to Beat the High Co$t of Living"" (1980), ""Yesterday"" (1981), ""Take This Job and Shove It"" (1981), ""Rooster"" (1982 television film), and ""Yes, Giorgio"" (1982), and as the US President in ""Dreamscape"" (1984). His final feature film role was a cameo appearance in ""The Big Picture"" (1989). He also appeared in many all-star television miniseries, including ""Evening in"
"stage, not because he wanted to, but because the producers said that with all his work on the stage, he would not get a great part in movies. In that same year, he starred in the 1970 Columbia Pictures movie, ""You Can't Win 'Em All"" with Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson and Michèle Mercier. After this production he went to Sweden and England to develop his skills behind the camera. He moved to the United States and became a US citizen. He now lives in Europe and still appears on TV regularly. Besides acting, he avidly pursues his hobby of archeology."
"Wolfgang Korngold's violin concerto was drawn from the music he composed for this film. English singer Julia Gilbert adopted the name of the film's main character when recording for the London-based él record label in the late 1980s. Screen legend Tony Curtis (1925–2010), who was born Bernard Schwartz, named himself for the titular character; the novel from which this film was adapted was the actor's favorite. Curtis, who soared to fame with his role in ""Houdini"" as the legendary illusionist, was buried with a Stetson hat, an Armani scarf, driving gloves, an iPhone and a copy of his favorite novel"
"Sea"", season 2, episode ""The Peacemaker"". With payment for his work on television, as well as a handful of film acting jobs, he was able to relocate to California and to make his subsequent films independent of any studio, as ""Shadows"" had been. The films in which he acted with this intention include Don Siegel's ""The Killers"" (1964), the motorcycle gang movie ""Devil's Angels"" (1967), ""The Dirty Dozen"" (1967), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Roman Polanski's ""Rosemary's Baby"" (1968), and ""The Fury"" (1978). Cassavetes portrayed the murderer in a 1972 episode of"
"(1970). Curtis decided it was time to turn to television and co-starred with Roger Moore in the TV series ""The Persuaders!"". He was one of the villains in ""The Count of Monte Cristo"" (1975) and had the title role in the gangster film ""Lepke"" (1975). Curtis had the lead in a TV series that did not last, ""McCoy"" (1975-76). He was one of many names in ""The Last Tycoon"" (1976) and had the title role in an Italian comedy ""Casanova & Co."" (1977). Later, he co-starred in ""Vega$"" and was in ""The Users"" (1978). Curtis supported Mae West in ""Sextette"""
"in Ukraine, where he died. He worked with Luchino Visconti (""La caduta degli dei"", 1969; ""Death in Venice"", 1971; ""Conversation Piece"", 1974; ""L'Innocente"", 1976), Federico Fellini ("""", 1969), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (""The Honey Pot"", 1966), Vittorio De Sica (""Amanti"", 1968), Joseph Losey (""The Assassination of Trotsky"", 1972), Carlo Lizzani (""Torino nera"", 1972), Robert Bresson (""Lancelot du Lac"", 1974; ""Le diable probablement"", 1977; ""L'Argent"", 1982), Ettore Scola (""A Special Day"", 1977; ""La terrazza"", 1980), Giuliano Montaldo (""Marco Polo"", 1982). Winner of an Academy Award for his work with Franco Zeffirelli in ""Romeo and Juliet"". BAFTA and Nastro d'Argento winner for ""Death"